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Coworker works 80 hours a week and convinced boss to make us work on weekends

I already put in my 2 weeks notice, but I will leave sooner. My coworker loves to work. She works about 80 hours a week. She is in her late 50s, so she probably has nothing to do. I am in my 20s and have a life. My department is tasked with many duties, but they're not urgent. She convinced my boss that we need to work on weekends to get our work done since it's too much. She said that being salaried means we have to do whatever it takes to get the work done. He made us rotate on weekends. We already work on weekends sometimes since we get calls, but now we have to work full-time on weekends if it is our turn. We do not get paid for it. I was against this idea, and my boss and his colleagues were not happy at me. I'm…


I already put in my 2 weeks notice, but I will leave sooner. My coworker loves to work. She works about 80 hours a week. She is in her late 50s, so she probably has nothing to do. I am in my 20s and have a life. My department is tasked with many duties, but they're not urgent. She convinced my boss that we need to work on weekends to get our work done since it's too much. She said that being salaried means we have to do whatever it takes to get the work done. He made us rotate on weekends. We already work on weekends sometimes since we get calls, but now we have to work full-time on weekends if it is our turn. We do not get paid for it. I was against this idea, and my boss and his colleagues were not happy at me.

I'm leaving, and I'm so proud of myself.

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